The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-02-24

FOREIGN NEWS.
UNITED STATES.

The S. S. Mariposa arrived this
morning with dates to the 10th in
slant. The following is a summary
of the latest:
Washington, February 12.-Claus
Spreckels arrived here on Thursday
to look after the Hawaiian Recipro-
city Treaty. This measure has al
ready passed the Senate, and is now
in the hands of King Kalakaua for
acceptance. The treaty WIS got
through the!Senate by bait being
thrown to that body in the shape of
granting to this country the exclu-
sive use of Pearl River harbor,
which would require an expendi-
ture of $4,000, 900 to make it all
occupiable. 1t is probable that the
treaty to extend the period of recip-
rocity would not have passed the
Senate if this glittering but pinch
back trinket had not been thrown in.
There has been no doubt here for
some time that the whole scheme of
the Pearl River cession was origin
ally suggested by the sugar ring,
and that his Majesty will gladly ac-
cept it as a condition of the extern
sion of the treaty; but the House
must give its assent to the treaty
before it can become law. This is
the view taken by the leading lawyers
of the House. Spreckels' presence
here is taken to mean that he wants
the treaty Endorsed by the House.
The Louisiana planters oppose the
treaty, and the Louisiana members
of the House believe they can defeat
the passage of resolution approv-
ing it. Spreckels came here by way
of New Orleans, where it is believed
that he had some communication
with the sugar-makers.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13th.-Elijah
w. Davis, Brevet Brigadier-G General
of United States volunteers and eX-
President of the State Senate, died
this afternoon.
The greatest snow storm for some
years has been experienced in the
United States.
Henry M. Stanley embarked at
Suez on the steamer Navarejo for
Zanzibar direct,
EUROPEAN.
London, February 6-The Prince
of Wales has gone to Cannes.
The alliance between the British
Tories and Liberal Unionists is un-
broken. Goschen was hoOted by
the Parnellites on resumlng his seat
In the commons. Belgium is
strengthening her defenses along the
French frontier.
The official dispatches which have
passed between the Russian and
British Governments regarding the
Bulgarian question are published.
They show that the Car approved
Of the course of General Kaulbars In
Bulgaria and declared that his eff
forts to restore the independence of
that country would be continued.
The late Lord Iddelesleigh (the For
eign Secretary in reply, said that,
though the Russian Government
impressions of events in Bulgaria
differed widely with those of the
British Government, England was
equally DESTROYS of maintaining the
treaties relative TO Bulgaria and OBJ
tanning pacific solution Of the
difficulty"
French commanders along the
German frontier have been ordered
to avoid all exercises of their troops
likely to be falsely interpreted Il
Germany,
Further details OF French ant
German forces OH the Alsace-Lor
raine frontiers have been received
The exact strength of all the princi
pal frontier .garrisons is given, TIL
total German forco within what i
considered striking distance Of tn
frontier, approaches 100000 men
and the French forces, similarl,
situated on the other side, ar